Campaign Organizer- Waterloo

Vote Blue•Waterloo, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Vote Blue is a field firm specializing in face-to-face canvassing operations, focused on mobilizing voters to participate in elections. The organization aims to counter the actions of Republicans at all levels of government by engaging voters in issues such as reproductive rights, corporate polluter accountability, healthcare, affordability, and more. This role is crucial for driving basebuilding and engaging constituents around these key issues.

Requirements

Relationship Building: Develop and maintain strong, collaborative relationships with a diverse group of local and statewide community members.
Attentive and empathetic to the communities served, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or ability.
Ability to identify shared values across communities for collective growth.
Build authentic relationships through authenticity and reliability, continuously uplifting others and their goals.
Comfortable and experienced in public speaking to a group about environmental, jobs, health care issues and climate change.
Inclusive and Collaborative Leadership: Approach leadership with a “power with” mindset.
Ability to learn from others, see and hear other perspectives, and step in or step back as necessary.
Reliable and accountable, always transparent about abilities, capacities, and expectations.
Honor the time and commitments of others while inspiring them to meet goals.
Commitment to Equity and Inclusion: Proven ability to develop meaningful connections with diverse communities, including a wide range of community organizations, community leaders, and community members.
Work with the community and within the workplace to identify areas of improvement for a more equitable environment.
Take continued action and efforts to improve REI knowledge, skills, and tools.
Drive to Achieve Results: Experience accomplishing ambitious goals and getting results, even when there are obstacles.
Experience or ability to plan backwards to meet multiple goals timely and effectively.
Ability to bounce back and adjust quickly to unexpected changes, learning and improving from mistakes.
Commitment to equity and justice, with an agreement to the organization's North Star.
Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all interactions with colleagues and community members.
Passion for the role that work plays in creating change in the world.
Kindness and consideration for others.
Drive to work collaboratively: learning from others; stepping-in or stepping-back when needed.
Transparency: comfort admitting what you do and don’t know, your capacity, and abilities.
Task management: Able to adapt to the evolving needs of a project.
Able to tackle big-picture projects and break them down into smaller pieces.
Organized and efficient: Experience or demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects or goals at once in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Acute attention to detail: Track interactions and tasks with detailed notes.
Plans ahead for roadblocks and bounces back quickly when problems arise.
Effective communication skills (written or spoken) that are clear, concise and honest.
Comfortable and excited to speak about the campaign publicly.
Coach and learning mentality: successful experience or willingness to learn new things and pick up new skills on the job.
Able to learn from mistakes and try again.
Understanding of how words and actions affect others, including an awareness of power language and communication accessibility.
Ability to work weekends and weekday evenings, occasional holidays.

Nice To Haves

Organizing experience within or around Iowa.
Experience working for nonprofits and issue campaigns.
Data Management and Evaluation Experience: Experience working with various data management systems and tools, mainly Google Suite.
Experience with Relevant Campaign Tools and Technologies: VAN, Action Network, ThruText, MailChimp, eCRMs like EveryAction, or social media tools (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
Event or Project Planning & Management, Implementation or Evaluation.
Knowledge or previous experience working on this issue is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

Recruit and train a team of volunteers in key counties in Iowa to drive basebuilding.
Engage constituents around corporate accountability, health care, big ag, affordability, and action opportunities.
Build and recruit a team of supporters and volunteers around canvassing and petitions.
Continue to engage volunteers through a series of campaign events and actions.
Drive signees to electoral work and results in the fall.
Debrief with volunteers and community contacts to share information for how to stay involved with corporate accountability action in their communities.
Call and text supporters to recruit them into grassroots actions.
Identify new supporters and volunteers by knocking doors, gathering petitions, flyering, and conducting in-field recruitment efforts.
Run grassroots skills trainings to develop effective campaigners among volunteers.
Keep meticulous track of a volunteer list.
Represent the campaign through participation in community spaces and events, while engaging and uplifting coalition and partner organizations.
Gather over a thousand petitions from the community in support of key campaign issues.
Generate hundreds of additional actions targeting key Members of Congress with a particular focus on social media posts, phone calls, postcards, and photo petitions.
Recruit and train volunteers to generate more petitions and volunteer engagement at events.
Recruit and engage with community leaders, organizational partners, and VIPs to build meaningful relationships.
Register voters in key Iowa districts.
Maintain strong QC systems for ensuring compliance with VR laws and rules.
Organize and execute exciting, high-visibility in-person events demonstrating support for climate, jobs, and justice.
Educate community members about historical climate investments and the urgency of continued actions.
Ensure volunteers adhere to all messaging and legal requirements.
Demonstrate public support by recruiting volunteers to post on their own social media platforms.
Use peer-to-peer texting services and relational organizing tools to communicate with community members.
Send timely and compelling email campaigns to recruit activists to campaign activities.
Track every interaction with detailed notes in order to report numbers daily and write weekly reports on the results of the campaign.